Sir Cliff has hits in five decades

By Anonymous

Sunday, September 14, 2008

The new single entered the charts at number three, pushing the Pussycat Dolls' When I Grow Up into fourth place, according to The Official Charts Company.

The achievement means Sir Cliff has had a top 10 hit in every decade since 1958's Move It. His last hit was Millennium Prayer in 1999, which reached number one despite many radio stations controversially removing it from their playlists.

Last week's number one, Katy Perry's I Kissed A Girl finally moved into the number two spot after five weeks at the top. It was replaced by Kings Of Leon's Sex On Fire.

Rhianna's Disturbia slipped down one into fifth place and last week's number two single, Eric Prydz's Pjanoo, was pushed into sixth place.

Miley Cyrus' single See You Again moved up again this week to number 11 and the biggest Top 20 climber was Flobots' Handlebars - up from 35 to 18.

In the album charts veteran heavy metal group Metallica went in straight to number one with new Death Magnetic, knocking The Verve's Forth off the top.

The number two spot was also taken by a new entry - much-hyped Glaswegian quartet Glasvegas, with their self-titled album.

Rhianna's album Good Girl Gone Bad climbed from five to three, but the biggest leap came from Elbow, which shot up from number 61 to seven with The Seldom Seen Kid following their Mercury Music Prize win. Duffy slipped from four to five with Rockferry, Script's self-titled album fell from two to six and Michael Jackson's 'best of' album dropped five places to number eight.

Other new entries in the album Top 20 include Stevie Wonder's 'definitive collection' in at 14 and Bryn Christopher's debut My World in at 18. And, 14 years after they split up, 80s boyband New Kids On The Block have made a comeback with new album The Block, straight in at 16.